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Mispro announces latest vivarium lab space in Boston
Mispro this week announced it will open its tenth Boston facility in December. The contract vivarium organization’s newest Boston-based facility will be located on Binney Street in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company said that Kendall Square has been recognized as a biotechnology and pharmaceutical innovation hub. Mispro’s latest facility will have turnkey vivarium lab…
Emergent BioSolutions inks $250M term loan deal
Emergent BioSolutions announced today that it closed a new credit facility agreement with Oak Hill Advisors for a $250 million term loan. Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent, a maker of Narcan nasal spray for opioid overdose reversal, used a portion of the proceeds of the new term loan to repay all amounts outstanding under the senior term…
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Personalized medicine: advanced technology is saving livesThe concept of a “batch size one” in pharmaceutical manufacturing is closer than ever. There are companies advancing cell therapies…
MES for Flexible, Paperless Pharmaceutical ProductionAll companies in the pharmaceutical industry are under pressure for time, quality, compliance, and innovation. These pressures create imperatives to…
Pave the way to high productivity with continuous manufacturing for pharmaContinuous manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry is increasing as more manufacturers realize the benefits of the technology. But no two…
Revolutionizing Pharma Sustainability: Grundfos Solutions for Optimizing EfficiencyThis white paper highlights the pressing need for sustainability in the pharmaceutical industry, where energy-intensive processes contribute significantly to environmental…
The Evolution of Heat Sealingby Charles H. Trillich / Co-Founder Packworld USA Heat sealing technology has evolved over many decades to reduce cost and…
Difficult transmembrane protein targets for therapeutic antibodiesWhat is the current landscape of antibodies targeting membrane proteins? As of June 2022, 162 antibodies had been approved for…
Validatable Band Sealers for Medical PouchesBy Lynn Miranda, Sales Manager for All Packaging Machinery Corp, Ronkonkoma, NY. The customer’s level of confidence and trust is…
Raumedic: A Trusted Partner in Serving the Pharmaceutical Industry with the Gold Standard in Silicone TubingRaumedic is a trusted partner in the international medical technology and pharmaceutical industry. The medical division of the global corporation…
A new way to access scientific papers?Losing university access doesn’t mean losing access to articles anymore By DeepDyve Digital Library Team Many researchers are surprised to…
Anti-idiotype Antibodies: A Powerful Weapon for PK/ADA AssaysBy Sino Biological Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies have emerged as the fastest-growing class of therapeutics since the mid-1980s from the increasing…
Noble expands its services for its clients into Human FactorsHuman Factors + (HF+) is a natural extension of Noble’s deep understanding of the patient experience relative to self-administering drug…
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FDA approves Merck’s Winrevair to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension
Merck recently won FDA approval for its sotatercept-csrk Winrevair for treating adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension. The drug was approved to increase exercise capacity and reduce the risk of clinical worsening events, according to the Rahway, N.J.-based company. It previously received FDA breakthrough designation and is the first FDA-approved action signaling inhibitor therapy for pulmonary…
Report: Japan health authorities investigate Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory after five deaths
Eicos Sciences’ FDA-approved Aurlumyn promises to drastically reduce frostbite amputations
AbbVie launches Produodopa in the EU to treat Parkinson’s
FDA taking hands-off approach in enforcing medication promotion on TikTok
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Personalized medicine: advanced technology is saving lives
The concept of a “batch size one” in pharmaceutical manufacturing is closer than ever. There are companies advancing cell therapies in which body cells are used to heal or support the individual patient. These cells are manipulated or edited to change certain biological characteristics before being transferred to the patient. Personalized medicine is truly about…
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Eugia Pharma receives OAI classification from FDA following sterile production inspections
Eugia Pharma Specialties’ manufacturing hub in India has received an FDA warning letter based on inspections of its facility. The new warning letter is tied to previous warnings about the company’s Unit III Formulation manufacturing facility. The unit makes terminally sterilized products. Eugia’s Hyderabad, India-based facility received an official action indicated (OAI) status notice in…
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Evonik opens new pharmaceutical spray drying facility
Evonik announced today that it opened a new facility for drying aqueous dispersions of EUDRAGIT polymers at its site in Darmstadt, Germany. The new, double-digit million-euro excipient manufacturing facility enables the Essen, Germany-based company to meet increasing demand from pharmaceutical customers for oral drug delivery solutions. EUDRAGIT polymers — polymethacrylates — are suitable for use…
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Report: Japan health authorities investigate Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory after five deaths
Japanese health authorities searched a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in Japan following reports of five deaths related to dietary supplements, Reuters reports. The plant inspection in western Japan is the second in recent days as health authorities inspected the company’s Osaka facility. In addition to the five reported deaths, there have been more than 100 hospitalizations…
